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OF  THE  . 


Piano,  Organ  and  Musical 
Instrument  Workers’ 
International  Union 
of  America 


Organized  August  8,  1898. 


Adopted  at  Chicago,  111.,  August  8,  1898. 

Revised  at  Erie,  Pa.,  September  17-20,  1900. 

Revised  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  July  8-12,  1901. 

Revised  at  New  York,  N.  Y.,  July  14-19,  1902. 
Revised  at  Boston,  Mass.,  July  11-16,  1904. 
Revised  at  Chicago,  111.,  July  9-14,  1906. 


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PREAMBLE 


From  the  beginning  of  time  all  creatures  have  had  im- 
planted in  them  the  unalterable  instinct  of  self-preservation 
or  protection,  as  shown  by  the  various  means  employed  by 

theMan,  ^by1  virtue  of  his  supremacy,  and  being  endowed 
with  intelligence  above  all  other  created  beings,  is,  there- 
fore, more  capable  of  .protecting  himself.  _ . „oa 

Through  the  various  changes  of  time  and  circumstance 
workingmen  have  been  compelled  to  protect  themselves 
against  grasping  encroachments  on  their  liberties  by  u 
principled  men  seeking  their  own  aggrandizement  and  aceu- 
mulation  of  riches,  at  the  expense  and  toil  of  those  who 
are  undeniably  the  producers  of  wealth. 

Therefore,  Labor,  being  the  producer  of  wealth,  has 
iust  claim  to  a fair’  share  of  that  which  it  produces  anc 
as  Labor  is  of  necessity  divided  into  various  forms  of  in 
dustry,  the  workmen  in  each  trade  should  combine  togethe: 
to  protect  themselves  and  assist  others  whenever  it  , 

Tdie  Mutual  dependence  of  mankind  and  their  liability  t< 
m Jortune  has  i/every  age  of  the  world  led  to .the onn 
tion  of  compacts,  designed  to  encourage  the  industrious,  an 

the  needv  and  comfort  the  afflicted.  . . 

The  propriety  of  such  compacts  cannot  be  questioner 
for  while  they  afford  protection  and  assistance  to  those  b, 
whom  they  are  composed,  no  wrong  is  done  to  any  mdividusj 

°f  Tliish Union,  basing  its  foundation  on  the  great  principle 
of  Truth,  Justice  and  Honesty  of  purpose  demands  of  eac 
and  every  member  that  he  shall  perform  to  the  best  of 
ability  whatever  engagements  he  may  enter  into,  not  on 
to  himself,  but  also  to  his  employer.  . 

It  shall  be  the  bounden  duty  of  this  Union  t?  yaar/l  w 
zealous  care  against  any  attempt  at  wrong  either  by  e 
ployer  or  employe  which  may  cause  distrust  or  ennui 
where  peace  and  harmony  should  prevail.  This  Unio 
taking  its  precedent  from  the  great  commercial  a“d  “di 
trial  nations  of  the  earth,  desires  that  all  disputes  ai 
differences  between  employer  and  employe  be  hence 
and  forever  settled  by  arbitration. 


CONSTITUTION 


ARTICLE  I. 

Section  1.  This  organization  shall  be  known  a*5*  the 
“Piano,  Organ  and  Musical  Instrument  Workers’  Interna- 
tional Union  of  America,”  and  shall  consist  of  local  unions 
who  acknowledge  the  jurisdiction  of  the  International  Union, 
such  unions  to  be  represented  at  the  Conventions  of  the 
International  Union  by  delegates,  who  shall  establish  their 
claims  as  such  representatives  by  certificates  of  election 
furnished  by  the  International  Union,  signed  by  the  Presi- 
dent and  Secretary  of  the  local  union  and  bearing  the  im- 
pression of  the  steel  seal  of  the  same.  ^ 

Sec.  2.  The  Conventions  of  the  International  Union 
shall  be  held  bi-annually  on  the  second  Monday  of  July. 

Sec.  3.  The  Convention  shall  on  the  last  day  of  its  ses- 
sion designate  the  place  of  holding  its  next  Convention. 

Sec.  4.  The  basis  of  representation  in  the  International 
Union  shall  be  one  delegate  for  each  local  union,  provided 
:hat  said  union  shall  not  contain  less  than  25  members  for 
;hree  consecutive  months  previous  to  the  election  of  dele- 
gates. This  shall  not  apply  to  newly  instituted  local  unions 
laving  not  less  than  25  members.  Unions  having  less  than 
*5  members  shall  combine  with  their  nearest  sister  unions  for 
hat  purpose.  Unions  having  more  than  three  hundred  mem- 
>ers  shall  be  entitled  to  two  delegates,  and  for  each  additional 
hree  hundred,  or  fraction  thereof,  not  less  than  one  hundred, 
>ne  delegate  more..  In  the  election  for  delegates  to  the  con- 
tention by  unions,  it  shall  require  a majority  vote  to  elect. 

Sec.  5.  Each  delegate  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote. 
)elegates  representing  more  than  twenty-five  members  shall 
)e  entitled  to  one  additional  vote  for  every  twenty-five 
tiembers  in  excess  of  that  number.  The  votes  of  unions 
aving  more  than  one  delegate  shall  be  equally  divided 
mong  such  delegates. 

Sec.  6.  The  International  Union  shall  allow  local  unions 
or  every  delegate  five  dollars  per  diem,  including  Sun- 


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days,  to  and  from  and  while  the  Convention  is  in  session, 
and  transportation  rates  by  the  shortest  route.  No  other 
appropriation  from  the  general  fund  shall  be  made  in  favor 
of  the  delegates. 

Sec.  7.  No  member  shall  be  eligible  to  office  as  a dele- 
gate or  alternate  unless  he  shall  have  been  a member  of 
the  Piano,  Organ  and  Musical  Instrument  Workers'  In- 
ternational Union  of  America  for  one  year  prior  to  the 
election,  except  when  the  union  has  not  been  in  existence 
the  time  therein  required.  In  cities  where  unions  have  been 
in  existence  for  one  year  or  more,  a one  year's  membership 
shall  be  required 

Sec.  8.  All  delegates  to  the  International  Convention 
shall  be  elected  by  their  respective  unions  at  the  first  regu- 
lar meeting  in  March  preceding  the  Convention.  The  union 
shall,  at  the  time  of  electing  a delegate,  elect  also  an  alter- 
nate t<#serve  in  case  of  disability  of  the  regular  delegate, 
No  appeal  against  the  election  of  a delegate  or  alternate 
shall  be  recognized  unless  the  same  shall  be  made  withir 
thirty  days  after  such  election.  In  the  event  of  a vacancy 
in  the  office  of  delegate  and  alternate,  the  union  shall  have 
the  right  at  any  meeting  prior  to  the  Convention  to  fill  the 
vacancy. 

Sec.  9.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  of  each  local  unioi 
shall,  immediately  after  the  election  of  the  delegates,  notify 
the  International  President. 

AKTICLE  II. 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  the  International  Union  shal 
consist  of  a President,  First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth 
Sixth,  Seventh,  Eighth  and  Ninth  Vice-Presidents,  who  ar< 
hereby  constituted  the  Executive  Board.  Every  member  o: 
the  International  Union,  provided  he  has  been  a continuoui 
member  in  good  standing  for  not  less  than  two  years  prio. 
to  election,  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  in  the  Internationa 
Union.  No  more  tlian  three  Vice-Presidents  to  be  locate< 
in  any  one  city.  The  Second  Vice-President  to  be  a residen 
member  of  Canada. 

Sec.  2.  The  election  of  officers  for  the  Piano,  Organ  an< 
Musical  Instrument  Workers'  International  Union  shall  tak 
place  at  the  Convention,  an  absolute  majority  of  all  vote 


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ast  being  necessary  to  an  election.  Should  no  candidate 
eceive  a majority  of  all  votes  cast  upon  the  first  ballot, 
hen  there  shall  be  a new  ballot  taken,  the  candidate  receiv- 
ng  the  lowest  number  of  votes  to  be  dropped  from  the  list 
f candidates,  and  this  shall  be  the  procedure  at  every  suc- 
essive  balloting  until  a candidate  shall  receive  a majority 
f all  votes  cast,  when  he  shall  be  declared  elected. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  pre- 
ide  at  all  meetings  of  the  International  Union,  conduct 
he  same  according  to  parliamentary  rules,  examine  all 
ocuments,  audit  all  bills,  preserve  all  documents  and  re- 
eipts,  and  present  the  same  at  the  next  session  of  the 
nternational  Union,  and  see  that  all  officers  perform  their 
uty.  He  shall  order  to  have  elected  by  local  union  or 
nions  located  in  the  place  selected  for  the  next  Conven- 
on  a clerk  or  stenographer  for  the  session,  who  shall  have 
o voice  nor  vote  in  the  Convention.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
ae  clerk  or  stenographer  to  keep  a true  and  correct  record 
£ the  proceedings  of  the  Convention,  a copy  of  which  shall 
e sent  by  him  to  the  office  of  the  International  Union  within 
ae  day  after  the  close  of  the  session  for  the  approval  of  the 
aternational  President;  such  proceedings  to  be  printed  in 
le  Official  Journal.  The  compensation  of  the  clerk  or 
;enographer  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Convention.  The  Presi- 
3nt  shall  edit  the  Official  Journal,  conduct  all  correspond- 
ice  between  the  International  Union  and  local  unions  as 
lall  hereafter  be  provided  for,  keep  a just  and  true  ac- 
)unt  between  the  several  local  unions  and  International 
nion,  designate  from  what  sources  the  finances  have  been 
3rived,  and  shall  announce  before  the  adjournment  of  the 
nion  the  amount  received,  expended,  and  for  what  pur- 
>se.  He  shall  prepare  monthly  a financial  statement  of  the 
iceipts  and  expenditures  of  his  office,  the  same  to  be  pub- 
shed  in  the  Official  Journal,  and  perform  all  other  duties 
ljoined  by  the  constitution.  The  salary  of  the  President 
lall  be  fixed  prior  to  the  election  of  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  The  President  of  the  International  Union  shall 
sue  traveling,  transfer  and  retiring  cards,  and  member- 
ip  books  running  for  one  year,  to  be  ruled,  lined  and  num- 
ired,  which  shall  be  in  his  possession.  He  shall,  in  ad- 
tion,  issue  membership  books,  with  the  number  space  left 

blank,  to  be  used  for  reissue  to  members  whose  books 


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have  been  lost  or  destroyed — the  numbers  on  cards  and  men 
bership  books  to  correspond.  He  shall  distribute  them  pe 
order  of  local  unions,  for  the  use  of  any  member  in  goo 
standing,  and  no  local  union  shall  have  authority  to  graE 
or  receive  any  other  cards  but  those  provided  by  the  Inte] 
national  Union. 

Sec  5.  The  President  of  the  International  Union  sha 
furnish  to  all  local  unions  a system  of  stamps,  to  be  use 
in  payment  of  initiation  fees,  dues,  and  assessments,  h 
shall  have  the  color  of  the  stamps  changed  as  often  £ 
necessary.  He  shall  notify  the  finance  committee  of  tt 
local  union  of  the  number  sent,  the  finance  committee  sha 
keep  a record  of  the  same.  The  President  shall  keep  a stri< 
stamp  account  with  each  union,  compare  the.  same  wit 
monthly  reports  of  local  unions,  and  if  a financial  secretai 
makes  application  for  stamps  which,  in  his  opinion,  is  n( 
justified  by  the  receipts  as  per  monthly  reports,  the  Pres 
dent  shall  order  the  finance  committee  of  said  , union  1 
investigate  the  matter,  and  report  the  result  to  him  with] 
one  week.  He  shall  then  take  such  further  action  as.  1 
thinks  necessary  in  the  interest  of  the  International  Unio 
He  shall  further  cause  to  be  prepared  a canceling  stam 
bearing  the  number  of  the  respective  local  union,  with  mo 
able  dates  and  ink,  to  local  unions,  at  cost.  He  shall  ah 
furnish  to  each  local  union  a seal,  to  be  known  as  a financi 
secretary ’s  seal. 

Sec.  6.  In  case  of  death,  resignation  or  disqualificatic 
or  refusal  of  any  officer  to  serve,  the  Executive  Board  she 
have  the  power  to  fill  the  vacancy.  The  office  vacant  she 
be  filled  by  the  next  officer  in  rank,  excepting  the  positu 
of  Second  Vice-President. 

Sec.  7.  The  President  of  the  International  Union  shj 
have  authority,  when  needed,  to  hire  one  or  more  assistan 
or  clerks  for  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  by  ai 
with  the  consent  of  the  Executive  Board. 

Sec.  8.  The  President,  with  the  consent  of  the  InterE 
tional  Executive  Board,  may  appoint  one  or  more  Spec] 
Organizers  and  Babel  Agitators  for.  special  purposes, 
duty  of  the  Organizers  and  Label  Agitators  shall  be  to  orga 
ize  unions  and  instruct  local  unions  in  the  discharge  of  the 
duties;  to  deliver  free  lectures,  agitating  the  use  of  t 


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Union  Label;  they  shall  visit  such  towns  and  cities  as  the 
International  President,  may  direct. 

Sec.  9.  The  President  shall  appoint  one  or  more  mem- 
bers whose  duties  shall  be  to  examine  the  financial  ac- 
counts of  local  unions,  instruct  the  financial  officers  in  the 
discharge  of  their  duties,  and  submit  a financial  statement 
of  the  condition  of  the  unions  examined  by  them  to  the 
International  President.  The  reports  to  be  mailed  to  local 
unions  m such  numbers  as  may  be  desired. 

rr  -SeC‘  ?he  term  °f  the  0fficers  of  the  International 
Union  shall  be  for  two  years  and  shall  commence  on  the 
Srst  day  of  August  succeeding  the  election.  The  salaries 
of  all  the  International  officers  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Con- 
tention. 

Sec.  11.  The  First  Vice-President  shall  be  allowed  a sum 
ictually  expended  to  defray  the  expenses  of  his  office,  said 
sum  to  be  appropriated  from  the  general  fund. 

Sec.  12.  The  Organizers  and  Label  Agitators  shall  re- 
>ort  weekly  to  the  International  President,  who  shall  pub- 
is*1 these  reports  in  the  Official  Journal. 

Sec.  13.  The  officer  or  officers  of  the  International 
Jnion  who  violates  the  Constitution  of  the  Piano,  Organ 
nd  Musical  Instrument  Workers'  International  Union,  or 
vho  are  negligent  in  their  duties  as  officers  of  the  Inter- 
ational  Union,  can,  upon  motion  of  any  local  union,  if 
econded  by  one-fifth  of  the  local  unions,  be  impeached, 
nd  after  having  had  an  impartial  trial  by  a committee 
lected  for  this  purpose  by  a vote  of  the  members  at  large, 
nd  found  guilty  by  that  body,  be  removed  from  their 
3spective  office.  The  officer  or  officers  impeached  or  the 
nion  that  preferred  the  charges,  when  not  satisfied  with 
ae  result  of  the  trial,  can  appeal  to  the  general  vote  of 
ae  members.  The  decision  of  the  members  on  the  general 
ote  to  be  final.  Any  vacancy  created  by  removal  of  an 
fficer  of  the  International  Union  shall  be  filled  as  pre- 
iribed  in  Article  II,  Section  6. 


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ARTICLE  III. 

Section  1.  The  President  of  the  International  Union 
shall,  with  the  consent  of  the  Executive  Board,  draw  upon 
any  local  union  from  month  to  month  for  a sufficient 
amount  to  meet  the  legitimate  expenditures  of  the  office  of 
the  International  Union,  said  amount  not  to  exceed  $250 
over  the  actual  expenses  required. 

Sec.  2.  Any  union  failing  to  comply  with  Section  1 of 
this  Article  shall,  after  due  notice,  be  suspended  by  the 
Executive  Board,  and  not  be  reinstated  until  complied  with. 

Sec.  3.  The  financial  year  shall  begin  on  the  first  day 
of  June  and  end  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  May.  Local 
unions  shall  send  to  the  International  office  their  reports 
not  later  than  June  10th. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Section  1.  All  persons  engaged  in  the  piano,  organ  oi 
musical  instrument  industry,  of  good  moral  character  anc 
competent  workmen  at  their  branch  of  trade,  shall  be  eligibh 
to  membership,  except  superintendents.  A member  becom 
ing  a superintendent  shall  take  a retiring  card. 

Sec.  2.  No  local  union  shall  accept  any  person,,  either  bp 
retiring  card  or  otherwise,  who  by  reason  of  sickness  i: 
incapable  of  working.  The  above  shall  not  be  construed  s< 
as  to  apply  to  traveling  cards. 

Sec.  3.  All  applicants  for  membership  may  be  electee 
upon  their  own  statement,  upon  payment  of  an . initiatioi 
fee  of  five  dollars  ($5.00).  Applicants  that  are  afflicted  wit! 
chronic  disease  can  become  members  by  paying  the  reg 
ular  initiation  fee  and  ten  cents  weekly  dues,  but  the^ 
shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  sick  or  death  benefit.  The  exec 
utive  committee  of  each  local  union  shall  be  the  judge  a 
to  what  class  of  membership  the  new  member  shall  be 
long.  But  this  shall  not  apply  to  suspended  members,  pro 
viding  they  apply  for  membership  within  six  months  fror 
date  of  suspension.  The  name  shall  then  be  published  i: 
the  Official  Journal;  and  if  it  be  found  that  said  membe 
has  made  misrepresentation  in  any  particular,  such  mem 
bership  shall  be  declared  void,  all  cards  that  may  hav 
been  issued,  annulled,  and  all  moneys  paid,  forfeited.  A1 
applicants  for  membership  must  present  themselves  fo 


initiation;  except  in  cases  of  jurisdiction  towns,  it  shall 
be  left  discretionary  with  the  local  union  where  applica- 
tion  is  made  for  membership.  The  initiation  fee  may  be 
P Ki  ln-?V-6  installments  of  at  least  one  dollar 

™tl1,  p£“d  ,ln  fn}}:  °“  the  payment  of  two  dollars,  the  can- 

ldate  to  be  initiated  and  the  dues  and  assessments  to  be- 
gm  from  date  of  initiation.  Piano,  Organ  or  Musical  In 
strument  Workers  coming  from  foreign  countries,  who  fur- 
nish sufficient  proofs  that  they  (at  the  time  they  left  such 
country)  were  good  standing  members  of  a Piano,  Organ  or 
Musical  Instrument  Workers  ’ organization,  organized  on  the 
trade  union  principles,  shall  be  admitted  as  new  members 
without  paying  an  initiation  fee,  providing  they  join  within 
four  weeks  after  their  arrival  in  this  country.  This  shall 
apply  to  such  countries  where  unions  exist  and  accept  cards 
of  members  of  the  International  Union. 

„ ®ec-  t The  International  President  shall  furnish  appli- 
™10nfba*nkS  for  membership,  with  receipt  coupons  with 
space  for  two  receipts,  to  read  as  follows-  1 


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PIANO,  ORGAN  AND  MUSICAL  INSTRUMENT  WORK- 
ERSJ INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  AMERICA. 
application  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 


Date 


Name  of  candidate 

Age  

Shop  

How  long  have  you  worked  at  the  trade? 

Branch  

Residence  

The  following  questions  must  he  answered  truthfully, 
otherwise  the  member  may  lose  all  rights  and  privileges  pro- 
vided  by  the  constitution: 

1.  Have  you  ever  been  a member  of  this  order? 

2.  If  so,  what  number? 

3.  Have  you  ever  been  proposed  as  such,  and  where? 

4.  Are  you  subject  to  chronic  disease? 

5.  Have  you  ever  filled  vacancies  of  striking  men  in 
our  industry  during  strike? 

6.  Are  you  now  a suspended  or  expelled  member  of  any 
labor  union? 

Signature  of  applicant 


Proposed  by  Bro 

The  undersigned  Investigating  Committee  respectfully 
recommend  the  above  candidate  to  Union  No 


Note. — This  application  must  be  signed  by  the  person 
seeking  membership. 


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Sec.  5.  Any  member  suspended  from  any  local  union 
can  be  reinstated  on  payment  of  $5.00,  which  may  be  paid 
in  five  bi-weekly  installments,  or  all  at  once,  at  the  option 
of  the  union.  But  he  shall  forfeit  all  previous  rights  and 
benefits,  and  be  considered  the  same  as  a new  initiate.  But 
this  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  mean  the  invalidation 
of  any  indebtedness,  local  or  international,  previously  in- 
curred. 

ARTICLE  Y. 

Section  1.  Every  member  shall  pay  into  the  funds  of 
the  union  to  which  he  belongs  the  sum  of  20  cents  per  week. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  drawing  a traveling  or  transfer  card 
shall  pay  dues  for  the  week  in  which  his  card  is  issued  to 
the  union  from  which  he  receives  it,  and  no  other  union 
shall  charge  dues  for  the  same  week. 

Sec.  3.  Any  union  receiving  dues  from  members  for  a 
longer  period  of  time  than  they  may  remain  members  thereof 
shall  return  the  excess  when  they  draw  their  traveling  or 
transfer  card. 

Sec.  4.  Any  member  of  any  union  who  shall  fail  to  pay 
his  dues  or  assessments,  local  or  International,  for  a term  of 
eight  weeks  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  benefits  for  a period 
of  three  months  after  such  member  has  again  placed  himself 
in  good  standing.  Should  any  member  of  any  local  union 
fail  to  pay  his  dues  or  assessments  for  a term  of  sixteen 
weeks,  the  secretary  of  the  local  union  shall  suspend  him 
and  notify  the  International  office  of  such  suspension,  by 
forwarding  his  name  and  number  of  membership  book.  This 
shall  not  apply  to  members  out  of  employment,  sick  or  on 
strike,  who  shall  be  exempt  from  the  payment  of  dues  and 
assessments.  Members  desiring  to  be  entitled  to  this  out-of- 
employment privilege  must  notify  the  Financial  Secretary 
immediately  upon  losing  their  employment,  and  report  once 
a week  during  such  non-employment. 

Sec.  5.  Any  member  paying  initiation  fees,  dues,  assess- 
ments or  fines  shall  purchase  stamps  and  carefully  paste 
them  in  the  space  provided  for  in  the  Membership.  Book, 
which  shall  at  all  times  be  acknowledged  as  a receipt  for 
payment  in  full  for  all  amounts  as  designated  by  these 
stamps,  provided  they  are  canceled  and  dated  correctly. 


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Sec.  6.  The  International  Constitution  is  to  be  printed  in 
English,  German,  Swedish.  Italian,  Hungarian  and  Polish: 
each  language  to  be  bound  separately,  and  all  members  to 
receive  one  copy  of  the  constitution,  also  a membership 
book  free.  r 

Sec.  7.  Any  member  of  any  union  quitting  the  trade 
with  a view  of  engaging  in  some  other  occupation,  who  de- 
sires a retiring  card,  must  pay  all  dues,  fines  and  assessments 
or  other  indebtedness  charged  against  him  within  one  month 
of  his  so  quitting  the  trade;  said  member  shall  then  receive 
a retiring  card,  which  will  entitle  the  holder  (upon  his  return 
to  the  trade)  to  re-admission,  free  of  charge,  to  any  union 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  International  Union;  and  if  such 
retiring  card  is  returned  within  one  year  after  its  issue,  said 
member  shall  be  placed  in  the  same  position  for  benefits  etc 
as  when  he  received  said  card,  but  should  it  not  be  re- 
turned after  one  year  has  elapsed,  he  shall  not  be  entitled 
to  sick  or  death  benefit  for  a term  of  three  months  from 
the  da y of  depositing  his  card,  provided  the  applicant  has 
not  m any  way,  directly  or  indirectly,  conspired  against  the 
interests  of  the  union,  or  employed  non-union  hands.  In- 
formation regarding,  the  standing  of  members  holding  re- 
aring cards  to  be  given  by  Financial  Secretaries  of  unions 
issuing  said  cards  upon  application  for  the  same. 

Sec.  8.  Nothing  in  Section  7 of  this  Article  shall  be  so 
construed  as  to  mean  members  engaged  as  agents  or  em- 
ployes of  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  or  other  occupa- 
tions of  equal  interest  to  organized  labor,  who  may  still  be 
nembers  of  the  union. 

Sec.  9 The  Financial  Secretary  of  local  unions  shall 
-ollect  all  local  and  International  assessments  and  fines  from 
nembers  before  giving  credit  for  any  dues. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Section  1.  The  International  Union  guarantees  its  moral 
nd  pecuniary  support  to  all  its  members  in  difficulties  which 
nay  arise  between  them  and  their  employers,  and  shall  com- 
nence  on  the  day  when  the  difficulty  is  approved  by  the 
•roper  authorities  of  the  International  Union.  The  assist- 
nce  shall  begin  the  first  day  of  the  second  week,  and  shall 
>e  as  follows:  For  the  first  sixteen  weeks,  $5  per  week 
or  single  men  and  $7  per  week  for  married  men,  and  $3 


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per  week  until  the  strike  or  lockout  shall  have  terminated. 
In  case  a striker  secures  work  and  is  discharged  within 
fourteen  days,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  his  further  benefit; 
should,  however,  he  lose  his  employment  after  the  above 
specified  time,  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  further  strike 
benefit.  No  members  of  the  International  Union  shall  be 
entitled  to  any  strike,  lockout  of  victimization  benefit  un- 
less he  has  been  a member  for  at  least  six  months  and  is 
in  good  standing  at  the  time  of  the  difficulty.  The  same 
assistance  shall  accrue  to  such  members  who  may,  in  conse- 
quence of  having  carried  out  order  for  their  union,  be  dis- 
charged by  their  employer.  The  local  union  under  whose 
jurisdiction  such  discharge  of  a member  has  taken  place  shall 
submit  a verified  report  of  the  facts  to  the  Executive  Board 
for  decision.  This  shall  not  apply  to  cities  as  provided  ir 
Section  1 of  Article  XIII.  Three  signatures  of  officers  foi 
the  local  union  shall  verify  each  such  report.  The  benefil 
shall  begin,  if  the  Executive  Board  recognizes  the  fact  as 
presented,  from  the  first  day  of  the  second  week  of  the 
discharge  from  employment  of  such  a member.  The  Inter 
national  President  shall  furnish  the  union  with  strike,  lock 
out  and  victimization  application  blanks.  In  the  event  of  i 
strike  continuing  for  twenty  weeks,  and  being  deemed  un 
successful  by  the  International  Executive  Board,  the  boarc 
shall  have  the  power  to  submit  the  matter  to  a referendun 
vote,  and  if  their  opinion  be  sustained  the  strike  shall  b< 
declared  off. 

Sec.  2.  When  a lockout  shall  occur,  the  application  t< 
resist  having  been  approved  by  the  proper  authorities  o 
the  International  Union,  or  the  joint  Executive  Boards,  th 
assistance  shall  commence  on  the  first  day  of  the  secorn 
week  of  the  lockout. 

Sec.  3.  When  any  difficulty  arises  between  the  member 
of  any  union  and  their  employers,  three  officers  of  the  unio: 
or  joint  Executive  Boards  shall  furnish  a full  and  officia 
statement  of  such  difficulty  to  the  International  Presideni 
who  shall  submit  a copy  thereof  to  the  other  officers  coir 
prising  the  Executive  Board;  and  if  after  a full  and  sufficien 
investigation  of  all  the  facts  in  the  case  they  approve  o 
the  same,  the  International  President  shall  issue  a circulai 
setting  forth  the  facts  to  all  local  unions,  and  the  numbe 
of  members  who  are  idle  through  such  difficulty,  and  ordei 


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ing  them  to  their  assistance;  he  shall  state  the  person  or 
persons  receiving  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  The  Executive  Board  shall  transmit  their  an- 
iwers,  on  application  to  strike,  by  telegraph,  to  the  Inter- 
national President  within  twenty-four  hours;  failing  to  com- 
>ly,  they  shall  be  fined  $1  by  the  International  President 
)ayable  to  the  International  Union.  Upon  receipt  of  the 
answers  of  the  Executive  Board,  the  International  Presi- 
ent  shall  immediately  notify  the  union  involved,  by  tele- 
raph,  whether  the  application  has  been  approved  or  not. 

Sec.  5.  Unions  making  applications  to  strike  shall,  if 
or  an  increase,  state  the  prices  paid  and  how  much  de- 
landed;  if  against  a reduction,  the  prices  paid  and  how 
luch  the  reduction  will  amount  to.  They  shall  report  to 
ae  International  President  the  length  of  time  organized 
tie  number  of  members  in  the  union  at  the  time  the  appli- 
ation  is  made,  the  number  of  members  employed  and  the 
umber  of  members  unemployed,  also  the  number  of  mem- 
ers  who  may  be  involved  if  a strike  is  called  and  the 
umber  of  members  entitled  to  benefits,  also  the  number  of 
an-beneficial  members  and  non-members  who  may  become 
ivolved.  All  applications  for  strike  or  lockout  shall  be 
iad  at  a regular  or  special  meeting  of  the  union  making 
ie  application.  And  the  union  shall  report  the  number  of 
embers  voting  in  the  affirmative  and  negative  on  all  ques- 
ons  of  strike.  Local  unions  making  false  statements  in 
teir  application  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars 
ich  fines  to  be  remitted  to  the  International  Union. 

Sec.  6.  In  case  the  International  Executive  Board  fails 
approve  of  any  difficulty,  the  local  union  can  appeal  with- 

fifteen  days  after  the  decision  has  been  rendered  to  a 
meral  vote  of  all  the  unions.  The  appeal  shall  be  for- 
arded  to  the  International  President,  who  shall  submit 
e same  immediately  to  a vote  of  all  local  unions,  and,  if 
•proved  by  a majority,  shall  proceed  as  in  this  constitution 


Sec.  7.  The  International  President,  when  submitting  an 
plication  to  strike  to  local  unions,  shall  set  forth  in  the 
rcular  the  statement  furnished  by  the  union  making  ap- 
ication  for  strike  or  lockout,  state  the  number  of  men 
ready  on  strike  in  other  localities,  and  condition  of  the 
nds  per  capita.  If  any  non-beneficial  member  or  non- 


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members  are  involved,  he  shall  submit  to  a vote  of  th 
locals  the  following  questions: 

1.  Shall  those  not  entitled  to  benefits  be  allowed  th 
same  assistance  as  those  constitutionally  entitled  to  assisi 
ance  if  they  will  join  in  the  strike? 

2.  Shall  an  assessment  be  levied  to  defray  the  expens 
contemplated?  (In  the  event  of  either  one  of  the  two  ques 
tions  being  defeated  by  the  referendum  vote,  both  propc 
sition  become  null  and  void.) 

Sec.  8.  Every  difficulty  involving  more  than  fifty  men 
bers,  except  difficulties  occurring  in  cities  where  there  ar 
a thousand  or  more  members  located,  shall  be  submitted  s 
once  by  the  International  President  to  a vote  of  all  loci 
unions,  corresponding  secretaries  shall  call  special  meeting 
of  their  locals  upon  receipt  of  strike  application  betwee 
the  regular  meetings  to  vote  on  application.  If  a majorit 
of  those  having  voted  approve  of  the  application,  the  Pres 
dent  shall  proceed  as  the  constitution  directs.  In  citi< 
where  joint  executive  boards  exist,  as  provided  in  Artie 
XIII,  Section  1,  such  joint  executive  boards  shall  have  fu 
power  in  all  cases  of  difficulties  involving  fifty  members  < 
less.  In  case  more  than  fifty  and  not  more  than  one  hu 
dred  members  are  involved  in  any  difficulty,  applicative 
for  approval  must  be  made  to  the  International  Executi'' 
Board,  as  per  Section  3 of  Article  VI.  Difficulties  involvii 
more  than  one  hundred  members  must  be  submitted  f 
approval  to  a vote  of  all  local  unions.  All  strike  prop 
sitions,  whether  submitted  to  a vote  of  a shop,  union  < 
joint  executive  board,  must  be  voted  upon  by.  secret  ballc 
a two-thirds  vote  being  necessary  to  a decision;  but  ] 
strike  proposition  shall  be  entertained  for  any  cause  whs 
ever  except  against  a reduction  of  wages  or  to  resist  a loc 
out  while  a strike  involving  five  hundred  or  more  membe 
of  the  International  Union  is  on.  Unions  failing  to  vo 
within  one  week,  commencing  on  the  day  of  the  circul 
being  mailed,  shall  be  fined  three  dollars,  payable  to.  t 
International  Union  within  one  month  after  being  notifk 
They  must  return  the  vote  by  telegram  at  the  expense  of  t 
International  Union. 

Sec.  9.  Unions  whose  applications  to  strike  were  n 
approved  shall  have  no  right  to  make  a second  applicatl 
appertaining  to  the  same  case  for  a term  of  two  montl 


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dating  from  the  rejection  of  the  first.  And  no  member  of 
:he  union  shall  be  considered  on  strike  unless  said  strike 
shall  have  been  approved  by  the  proper  authorities  of  the 
[nternational  Union.  This  shall  also  apply  to  a reduction  in 
vages.  In  cities  where  there  are  more  than  ten  factories 
ocated  and  the  membership  of  the  International  Union  ex- 
ceeds the  thousand  mark,  in  case  of  a reduction  the  mem- 
bers involved  may  resist  such  reduction  without  first  mak- 
ng  application  to  the  International  office,  provided,  how- 
ever, the  union  or  joint  Executive  Board  under  whose  juris- 
liction  they  are  working  has  voted  upon  the  proposition  to 
esist  by  secret  ballot  and  a three-fourths  vote  had  in  favor 
)f  such  resistance,  and  if  the  number  of  members  involved 
Loes  not  exceed  one  hundred  members,  and  in  cities  having 
ive  hundred  members  or  more  if  the  number  involved  does 
iot  exceed  fifty.  Applications  to  resist  reductions  involv- 
ng  more  than  one  hundred  and  not  more  than  five  hundred 
nembers  shall  be  submitted  to  the  International  Executive 
3oard  for  approval.  \ 

Sec.  10.  In  cities  where  two  or  more  unions  exist  the 
nembership  of  which  .is  less  than  one  thousand,  said  unions 
hall  create  a joint  Executive  Board  by  electing  representa- 
ives  from  each  local  union. 

Sec.  11.  Joint  Executive  Boards  of  cities  having  one 
housand  or  more  members  must,  if  a strike  has  been  de- 
ided  upon,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  decision 
as  been  made,  forward  a complete  and  detailed  statement 
f all  the  facts,  including  the  number  of  members  involved 
nd  the  number  entitled  to  benefits  as  per  constitution,  to  • 
he  International  President,  who  shall  proceed  as  provided 
a Section  3 of  Article  YI. 

Sec.  12.  The  vote  of  local  unions  on  difficulties  shall 
e by  secret  ballot,  and  all  votes  taken  contrary  to  this 
lethod  shall  not  be  counted. 

Sec.  13.  Any  local  union  being  directed  by  the  Execu- 
ive  Board  to  forward  money  to  another  local  union,  and 
ailing  to  comply  within  five  days  from  the  date  of  said 
otice,  shall  be  suspended. 

Sec.  14.  Unions  sending  money  to  each  other  must  re- 
lit the  same  by  express,  registered  letter,  certified  draft  or 
ostoffice  order.  The  Secretary  remitting  such  money  shall 

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notify  the  President  of  said  union  at  his  separate  address 
The  Secretary  receiving  such  money  shall  immediately  sem 
a receipt  to  the  Secretary,  and  a copy  of  such  receipt  to  th< 
President  of  the  Union  from  whence  the  money  came. 

Sec.  15.  The  Secretary  of  any  union  on  strike  shall  fur 
nish  to  the  International  President  weekly  a complete  repor 
of  the  strike,  signed  by  the  President  and  full  Strike  Com 
mittee,  itemizing  expenditures,  and  report  such  other  fact 
as  may  be  provided  for  in  blanks  furnished  by  the.  Interna 
tional  President.  For  non-compliance  with  this  section,  afte 
due  notification,  further  aid  shall  be  discontinued,  at  th- 
discretion  of  the  International  President. 

Sec.  16.  No  strike  shall  be  approved  or  sustained  by  th 
International  Union  for  an  increase  of  wages  between  th 
first  day  of  June  and  the  first  day  of  August,  and  th 
first  day  of  January  and  the  first  day  of  March,  of  an; 
year.  But  this  shall  in  no  wise  preclude  the  approval  o 
strikes  against  the  reduction  of  wages  or  the  truck  systen 
or  against  the  introduction  of  contract  system. 

Sec.  17.  A declaration  on  the  part  of  an  employer  or  ; 
combination  of  employers  to  the  effect  that  their  employe 
must  cease  their  connection  with  the  union  or  cease  worl 
or  any  combination  entered  into  by  a number  of  employer 
for  the  purpose  of  throwing  their  employes  out  of  employ 
ment,  without  any  cause  or  action  on  their  part,  shall  b 
deemed  a lockout.  In  case  a lockout  is  reported,  the  Intel 
national  President,  in  person  or  by  proxy,  shall  endeavo 
to  obtain  satisfactory  proof  that  the  difficulty  is  a bona  fid 
lockout,  as  defined  in  this  section.  This  section  does  no 
apply  to  a reduction  of  wages. 

Sec.  18.  The  Executive  Board  shall  be  empowered  to  aj 
point  one  or  two  members  of  the  International  Union,  wit 
instructions  to  arbitrate,  in  conjunction  with  a committe 
of  the  local  union,  any  difficulty  affecting  the  members 
Should  the  terms  of  settlement  not  be  agreeable  to  th 
union  involved,  but  if  approved  by  the  arbitrators  appointee 
the  Executive  Board  shall  have  power  to  submit  said  term 
to  a vote  of  the  local  unions,  when,  if  approved,  they  sha 
be  binding  upon  all  the  members  of  the  International  Unioi 

Sec.  19.  In  localities  where  a lockout  is  threatened  b 
a combination  of  manufacturers,  the  Executive  Board  sha 


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e empowered  to  investigate  and  arbitrate  with  the  employ- 
rs  for  the  removal  of  the  cause  that  prevents  an  amicable 
djustment. 

Sec.  20.  Unions  out  on  strike  shall  have  power  to  re- 
:et  all  traveling  cards  except  those  of  sick  members  pro- 
lded  said  strike  has  been  approved  by  the  International 
nion. 

Sec.  21.  When  a strike  or  lockout  involving  more  than 
le  hundred  members  is  in  contemplation,  the  union  where 
ich  difficulty  may  arise  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours 
degraph  to  the  International  President,  who  shall,  within 
renty-four  hours  appoint  an  officer  of  the  International 
ni°n  to  proceed  to  the  locality  to  act  as  an  agent  of  the 
[iternational  Union. 

' Sec.  22.  The  duties  of  the  agent  or  representative  are 

represent  the  interests  of  the  Internationa]  Union;  to 
tend  all  meetings  of  the  committee  having  the  conducting 

the  strike  or  lockout  on  charge,  and  to  report  weekly,  or 
tener  if  circumstances  warrant,  or  if  required  to  do  so 
r the  International  President,  upon  all  questions  in  refer- 
ee to  the  difficulty,  and  at  the  same  time  forward  a copy 
ereof  to  each  member  of  the  Executive  Board.  He  shall 
ve  free  access  to  all  meetings  of  the  committee  above 
ecihed  and  have  power,  when  directed,  to  examine  the 
oks  and  papers  of  the  union. 

I Sec.  23.  Any  union  in  difficulty  which  shall  refuse  or 
t permit  . the  agent  to  perform  the  duties  as  in  this 
tide  provided,  the  President  of  the  International  Union 
ly  withhold  the  benefits  due  them  until  their  compli- 
ce  is  assured. 

See.  24.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  International 
esident,  the  interests  of  the  International  Union  would 

best  served,  he  may  revoke  the  appointment  of  the 
ent  and  may  appoint  another  in  his  place,  subject,  how- 
3r  to  the  power  of  confirmation  by  the  Executive  Board, 
thing  m here  shall,  however,  prevent  any  member  of  the 
iecutive  Board  from  moving  the  revocation  of  the  ap- 
ntment  of  such  agent,  and  if  so  ordered  by  a majority 
reof,  said  appointment  shall  be  revoked. 

?ec.  25.  The.  salary  of  the  agent  shall  be  $5.00  per  diem 
1 transportation  rates  by  the  shortest  route. 


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Sec.  26.  Any  member  being  prosecuted  through  the 
discharge  of  his  duty  by  the  enforcement  of  any  order  by 
a local  union,  the  expense  incurred  through  such  prosecu- 
tion shall  be  borne  by  the  International  Union,  provided 
such  order  of  the  local  union  be  not  in  violation  of  the 
International  Constitution.  No  other  strike  expense  shall 
be  borne  by  the  International  Union  unless  the  Interna- 
tional Executive  Board  shall  have  approved  of  the  expense 
before  incurred;  the  International  Executive  Board  shall 
have  exclusive  power  to  decide  on  such  matter. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Section  1.  Every  shop  shall  elect  a delegate,  and  in 
every  shop  in  which  there  is  but  one  union  man  employed 
he  shall  be  constituted  shop  delegate.  In  case  of  failure 
or  inability  of  any  shop  to  elect  a delegate,  then  the  presi- 
dent of  the  union  shall  appoint  one  for  said  shop.  In  juris- 
diction towns  where  more  than  one  shop  exists  the  juris 
diction  members  shall  elect  a town  delegate,  whose  duty  il 
shall  be  to  receive  all  moneys  from  the  shop  delegate  anc 
pay  the  same  within  forty-eight  hours  after  receiving  th( 
same  to  the  Financial  Secretary  of  the  union  of  which  h( 
is  a member.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  shop  delegates  t( 
collect  all  local  and  international  assessments  and  fines  be 
fore  any  dues. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  delegate  to  collec' 
all  dues,  fines  and  assessments  due  by  the  members,  am 
to  pay  to  the  Secretary  of  the  union  in  the  stipulated  tim< 
set  forth  by  the  local  union,  all  amounts  received,  am 
examine  the  due  books  of  the  members  at  least  once  < 
month.  But  in  no  case  should  this  time  extend  forty-eigh 
hours  after  collecting  the  same.  He  shall  ascertain  th< 
wages  earned  in  his  department  when  ordered  to  do  so 
the  union. 

Sec.  3.  Members  moving  from  one  locality  to  anothe 
and  obtaining  employment  shall  immediately  deposit  thei 
cards  with  the  nearest  union.  If  employed  in  a towi 
where  a union  exists,  they  shall  deposit  their  cards  imme 
diately  with  the  delegate.  Any  member  failing  to  compl 
shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  ten  cents  per  day  for  the  firs 
thirty  days,  and  if  he  fails  to  deposit  his  card  after  thirt; 
days,  then  he  shall  be  suspended  from  the  union. 


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Sec.  4.  Any  member  leaving  the  jurisdiction  of  any 
3cal  union  must  provide  himself  with  a traveling  card; 
ailing  to  do  so,  he  shall  be  fined  fifty  cents.  Retired  mem- 
ers  must  provide  themselves  with  a transfer  card. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  International  Presi- 
dent 'to  devise  suitable  traveling  and  transfer  cards, 
rhich  shall  be  furnished  to  local  unions,  with  a printed 
opy  of  instructions  to  financial  secretaries. 

Sec.  6.  The  traveling  and  transfer  cards  shall  contain 
lank  spaces  wherein  shall  be  designated  the  number  of 
reeks  during  which  the  member  has  received  sick  benefit 
i the  course  of  the  year. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  shop  delegate 
) report  to  the  Financial  Secretary  or  Business  Agent  such 
3bs  as  are  open  in  his  respective  factory  the  same  day 
Bceiving  notice  thereof,  in  order  to  enable  the  secretary  to 
esignate  the  unemployed  to  the  factory.  In  towns  where 
o business  agent  exists  it  shall  be  the  delegate's  duty  to 
sport  to  the  Financial  Secretary  of  the  local.  Should  this 
e neglected  by  either  of  the  above  officers,  they  shall  be 
ibject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  one  dollar. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Section  1.  Every  member  who  shall  have  been  for  not 
ss  than  one  year  continuously  a member  in  good  standing 
f5  the  International  Union,  and  who  is  not  under  any  of  the 
istrictions  specified  in  these  laws,  shall  be  entitled, 
lould  such  a member  be  sick  or  disabled  in  such  manner 
3 to  render  such  member  unable  to  attend  to  his  usual 
vocations,  to  a sum  of  five  dollars  per  week  out  of  the 
mds  of  the  union;  provided,  such  sickness  or  inability 
lall  have  been  for  at  least  two  weeks  or  fourteen  days, 
nd  shall  not  have  been  caused  by  intemperance,  debauch- 
ry  or  other  immoral  conduct;  and  no  member  shall  be  en- 
tled  to  any  sick  benefit  for  a longer  period  than  ten 
eeks  in  any  one  year,  commencing  July  1 and  ending  June 
3,  whether  it  has  been  continuous  or  periodical;  but  no 
lember  leaving  the  United  States  or  the  Dominion  of 
anada  shall  be  entitled  to  any  benefit  during  his  absence, 
niform  cards  for  receipts  for  sick  benefits  shall  be  issued 


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free  to  local  unions  by  the  International  President,  bene- 
fits to  commence  from  beginning  of  second  week.  Speci- 
men card. 

Sick  (or  relief)  certificate.  Date  when  member  reported. 
Name  and  address  of  committee.  Cause  and  nature  of  ill- 
ness. I,  the  udersigned,  a regular  registered  practicing 

physician  of  , do  hereby  certify  upon  my  honor  and 

reputation  as  a practicing  physician,  that  the  within 

named  is  physically  incapacitated  from  his  or  her 

usual  occupation.  Signature.  N.  B. — If  physician  cannot 
conscientiously  sign  the  above,  state  reason. 

SICK  (OR  RELIEF)  CERTIFICATE. 

Name  

Address  • 

The  undersigned  has  received  from  Union  No 

the  sum  of 100  dollars.  Order  No.... 

Sick  benefit  for  the  week  beginning  

ending  • • 

This  being  the  week  of  benefit. 

Signature  

After  the  expiration  of  the  week  when  the  above 
is  properly  signed,  it  shall  be  presented  to  the  Sec- 
retary for  payment,  when,  if  the  member  is  still  sick, 
another  certificate  shall  be  issued. 

Note — Signature  of  physician. 

Sec.  2.  The  sickness  or  inability  shall  date  from  the 
day  the  member  reports  the  same  to  the  Financial  Secre- 
tary of  the  union  of  which  he  is  a member. 

Sec.  3.  Local  unions  shall  have  the  right  to  arrange 
the  visiting  committee  to  visit  the  sick  members  as  may 
best  suit  their  respective  localities,  but  in  no  instance  shall 
they  consist  of  less  than  three  officers  or  members,  nor  be 
visited  by  said  committee  less  than  once  in  each  week; 
no  two  members  of  the  committee  to  visit  the  member 
at  the  same  time.  In  hospital  cases  a statement  of  the 
hospital  officials  shall  suffice.  Members  must  furnish  the 


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financial  Secretary  with  their  correct  address,  and  of  all 
hanges  of  the  same  immediately;  and  for  the  failure  to 
lerform  the  duties  as  visiting  committee,  or  failing  to  fur- 
dsh  their  address,  they  shall  be  fined  fifty  cents. 

Sec..  4.  Should  the  sick  member  be  in  good  standing  in 
he  union,  the  Executive  Boards  of  local  unions  (to  whom 
he  visiting  committees  shall  make  their  weekly  reports) 
hall  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  union  for  the  regular 
weekly  allowance,  and  report  their  doings  in  writing  at 
he  next  regular  meeting  of  the  union.  If  any  doubt  be 
ntertained  as  to  the  sickness  or  inability  of  any  member 
laiming  benefits,  the  Executive  Board  of  unions  shall 
ave  power,  if  deemed  necessary,  to  take  the  opinion  of  a 
hysician,  who  may  be  appointed  by  the  union. 

Sec.  5.  If  the  visiting  committee  is  refused  admittance 
3 the  house,  or  not  permitted  to  visit  the  sick  member,  it 
ball  not  be  obligatory  on  the  union  to  pay  the  member 
ae  weekly  allowance,  until  the  restriction  shall  have  been 
amoved.  The  visiting  committee  shall  be  excused  from 
isiting  members  having  contagious  diseases. 

Sec.  6.  Any  member  of  the  International  Union  taken 
ck  while,  traveling,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  by  de- 
asiting  his  card  with  the  union  under  whose  jurisdiction 
3 is;  providing  his  travels  do  not  extend  farther  than 
ie  boundaries  of  the  United  States  of  North  America  and 
anada. 

Sec._7.  No  member  of  any  local  union  shall  be  entitled 
1 receive  more  than  one  of  the  weekly  benefits  provided 
V these  laws  at  any  one  and  the  same  time. 

Sec.  8.  Any  officer  or  officers,  granting  sick  benefits 
herwise  than  as  provided  for,  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of 
fenty-five  dollars  ($25). 

ARTICLE  X. 

Section  1.  Upon  the  death  of  a member  who  shall  have 
en.  such  for  one  year,  the  sum  of  $50  to  be  paid;  if  being  a 
ntinuous  member  for  five  years,  the  sum  of  $100  to  be  paid- 
being  a continuous  member  for  ten  years,  the  sum  of 
00  to  be  paid;  and  if  a continuous  member  for  fifteen 
ars,  the  sum  of  $300  be  paid,  the  same  to  be  paid  toward 
fraying  the  funeral  expenses  of  said  member  to  nearest 


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of  kin,  or  such  person  or  persons  as  have  the  burial  of  said 
deceased  member  in  charge;  provided,  however,  that  said 
member  has  not  been  at  time  of  his  death  disqualified  by  any 
of  the  conditions  prescribed  by  the  laws  of  the  International 
Constitution.  The  President  of  the  Local  Union  shall  take 
charge  of  the  burial  of  said  deceased  member  if  such  member 
shall  not  have  any  person  to  take  charge  of  said  funeral. 

Sec.  2.  No  death  benefits  shall  be  paid  unless  the  bene- 
ficiary or  beneficiaries  shall  have  first  forwarded  to  the  Inter- 
national office,  through  the  secretary  of  the  local  union  to 
which  the  member  belonged,  certificate  of  death  and  his  mem- 
bership book. 

Sec.  3.  The  sum  of  $40.00  shall  be  paid  to  a member  upon 
the  death  of  his  wife,  on  presentation  of  certificate  of  death 
and  his  membership  book;  provided,  said  member  has  been 
in  good  standing  for  at  least  one  year  and  is  in  good  stand- 
ing at  the  time  of  the  death  of  the  member's  wife.  Not 
more  than  one  such  benefit  to  be  paid  to  any  one  member. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

Section  1.  The  President  of  the  International  Union 
shall  have  prepared  and  registered,  a trade-mark,  transfer 
label,  or  some  other  suitable  method,  to  be  known  as  the 
Union  Label,  suitable  to  be  pasted  on  the  instrument.  The 
labels  shall  be  furnished  free  of  charge  to  local  unions. 


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Sec.  2.  Each  local  union  shall  furnish,  through  its 
shop  delegate,  to  all  strict  union  shops,  free  of  all  charges, 
as  many  of  these  labels  as  may  be  required  from  weefc 
to  week  for  all  instruments  actually  made  by  members. of 
the  union.  No  shop  shall  be  considered  a strict  unioE 


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hop  unless  the  appropriate  laws  of  the  local  union  be  com- 
>lied  with. 

Sec.  3.  Shop  delegates  are  strictly  enjoined  to  demand 
faithful  compliance  by  employers  in  the  use  of  the  Union 
jabel,  and  to  report  any  breach  of  agreement  to  the  Ex- 
cutive  Board,  or  to  the  union  forthwith.  For  violating 
r neglecting  the  enforcement  of  the  conditions  controlling 
he  use  of  the  label,  the  shop  delegate  shall  be  fined  not 
3ss  than  one  dollar  for  the  first  offense,  and  not  less  than 
wo  dollars  for  the  second  offense.  Unions  violating  any  of 
he  conditions  controlling  the  use  of  the  label,  or  neglect- 
tig  its  enforcement,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dol- 
ors for  the  first  offense,  payable  to  the  International 
Inion,  and  for  the  second  offense  be  fined  not  less  than  $25. 

Sec.  4.  Manufacturers  operating  more  than  one  shop 
hall  not  be  allowed  to  use  the  Union  Labels  unless  all 
hops  operated  by  such  manufacturers  are  strictly  union 
hops.  Manufacturers,  their  agents  or  representatives  op- 
rating a shop  or  shops  in  one  locality,  establishing  a shop 
r shops  in  another  locality,  shall  not  be  allowed  the  use  of 
he  Union  Label  unless  at  least  the  same  rate  of  wages  is 
aid  in  the  newly  established  shop  or  shops  that  prevail  in 
he  original  shop  or  shops.  Manufacturers,  their  agents  or 
epresentatives,  making  pianos,  organs  or  musical  instru- 
lents  for  other  manufacturers,  their  agents  or  representa- 
ives,  shall  not  be  allowed  the  use  of  the  Union  Label  un- 
iss  at  least  the  same  rate  of  wages  shall  be  paid  in  the 
hop  or  shops  of  the  former  as  is-  paid  in  the  shops  of  the 
itter.  No  pianos,  organs  or  musical  instruments  made  in 
oth  union  and  non-union  shops  shall  be  allowed  to  bear 
he  Union  Label. 

Sec.  5.  Employers  agreeing  to  use  the  Union  Label  and 
iolating  any  of  the  conditions  for  use,  shall,  for  the  first 
ffense,  be  refused  the  use  of  the  label  until  the  employer 
eposits  the  sum  of  $50  with  the  Union  as  a guarantee 
3r  a faithful  compliance  in  the  future;  for  a second  vio- 
ition  the  use  of  the  label  shall  be  refused  for  the  space 
f six  months.  In  no  case  shall  there  be  more  than  one 
rnion  Label  or  facsimile  of  the  same  on  each  instrument. 

Sec.  6.  All  labels  must  be  cancelled  and  bear  the  name 
£ the  firm  to  whom  issued. 


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Sec.  7.  Local  Unions  shall  be  allowed  a sum  not  to 
exceed  $25,  in  addition  to  attorney  fee,  for  committee  work 
in  the  prosecution  of  counterfeit  label  cases.  But  no 
prosecution  of  label  cases  shall  be  instituted  without  the 
consent  of  the  International  President. 

Sec.  8.  The  President  shall  cause  the  trade-mark  (label) 
to  be  registered  in  all  the  States  wherever  possible,  also  in 
the  Dominion  of  Canada. 

Sec.  9.  A yearly  assessment  of  15  cents  shall  be  levied 
on  the  general  membership,  for  the  propagation  and  agita- 
tion of  the  label,  the  assessment  to  be  levied  October  1 of 
every  year. 

Sec.  10.  All  local  unions  shall  establish  a Label  Agita- 
tion Committee,  whose  duties  shall  be  to  visit  all  labor  or- 

ganizations and  other  bodies  in  their  respective  vicinity, 
and  give  lectures  to  promote  the  sale  of  musical  instruments 
bearing  the  union  label,  and  to  influence  the  customers  to 

demand  of  the  tuners  and  repair  men  their  union  cards. 

In  cities  or  towns  where  two  or  more  local  unions  exist,  a 
joint  Label  Committee  may  be  formed,  with  such  represen- 
tation as  may  be  determined  by  the  resident  local  unions. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

Section  1.  The  International  Executive  Board  is  au- 
thorized to  grant  charters  to  local  unions,  upon  application 
of  at  least  seven  persons  employed  in  the  trade,  providing 
the  application  is  accompanied  by  a fee  of  $10.00;  and 
to  persons  in  such  localities  where  already  two  or  more 
charters  exist,  providing  a three-fourths  vote  favorable  to 
the  granting  of  such  charter  of  the  locals  so  existing  has 
first  been  obtained;  members  of  local  unions  must  be  noti- 
fied to  attend  meetings  to  vote  on  such  applications  for 
charter.  Such  applicants  must  receive  the  same  bill  of 
prices  as  exists  in  said  locality.  When  an  application  for  a 
charter  is  received  from  a place  where  a union  exists, 
the  Executive  Board  shall  have  power  to  ask  for . infor- 
mation concerning  the  applicants.  When  an  application 
for  charter  has  been  granted  by  the  International  Ex- 
ecutive Board,  the  International  President  shall  instruct 
one  of  the  International  officers  to  be  present  at  the  in- 
stitution of  said  local  union.  The  officer  to  be  the  one 
located  nearest  to  the  local  to  be  organized. 


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Sec.  2.  If  any  local  union  is  declared  suspended  by 
reason  of  any  violation  of  the  International  Union  laws, 
or  suspends  active  operations  of  its  own  accord,  all  the 
moneys,  books,  seal  and  any  other  property  must  be  for- 
warded to  the  International  Union.  All  officers  of  local 
unions  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  faithful  trans- 
mission of  the  property  in  their  respective  hands  to  the 
President  of  the  International  Union.  For  any  violation 
3f  non-compliance  with  this  section,  the  officers  shall  be  re- 
fused all  cards  of  admission  to  any  union,  until  all  such 
property,  or  the  value  thereof,  is  restored  into  the  hands 
)f  the  International  President;  and,  if  possible,  he  shall 
procure  the  punishment  at  law  of  the  guilty  persons  for 
illegally  withholding  the  property  of  the  International 
Union.  The  President  of  the  International  Union,  if  he, 
n his  judgment,  thinks  proper,  may  impose  a fine  not  to 
exceed  five  dollars,  payable  to  the  International  Union, 
igainst  each  officer  of  local  unions  violating  this  section, 
n addition  to  the  penalties  above  described;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  no  local  officer  shall  be  held  responsible  for  a 
onger  period  than  his  term  of  office. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

Section  1.  Every  local  union  shall  elect  an  Executive 
Board  at  the  same  time  that  they  elect  the  remainder  of 
he  officers  of  their  union.  In  cities  where  there  are  ten 
>r  more  factories  located,  and  where  the  membership  of 
he  International  Union  has  reached  one  thousand  or  more, 

- joint  Executive  Board  shall  be  created  of  not  less  than 
ive  members,  the  same  to  be  elected  by  the  local  unions, 
ffie  basis  of  representation  for  each  local  union  shall  be  the 
ame  as  provided  for  in  Article  1,  Section  4,  of  this  con- 
titution.  These  Executive  Boards  shall  meet  at  least  once 
a every  week,  and  shall  be  empowered  to  comply  with  the 
irections  of  the  International  Executive  Board  as  pro- 
ided  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  The  Executive  Board  of  local  unions  shall,  be- 
ween  the  interval  of  meeting,  have  full  and  complete 
harge  of  all  business  of  the  union;  may  enforce  and  col- 
let all  dues  and  assessments,  admit  applicants  for  mem- 
ership,  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  it  is  essen- 
ial  to  so  initiate  the  applicants;  transmit  moneys  if  so  di- 


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rected  by  the  Executive  Board  of  the  International  Union 
and  transact  such  other  business  as  may  be  necessary  fo 
the  welfare  of  the  union,  including  voting  on  application! 
to  strike  submitted  by  the  International  Union. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

Section  1.  The  funds  of  the  International  Union  shal 
consist  of  the  initiation  fees,  dues,  assessments,  interes 
on  money  in  bank  or  on  bonds,  as  hereinafter  provided 
and  fines  specified  in  these  laws,  except  fines  imposed  b; 
local  unions  for  non-attendance  of  meetings. 

Sec.  2.  Each  local  union  shall  deposit  in  an  appointed 
bank  or  purchase  registered  bonds  of  the  United  State 
or  Canada  for  all  moneys  over  and  above  the  followinj 
amounts:  Unions  numbering  25  members  or  less,  $15 
50  or  less,  $25;  100  or  less,  $60;  250  or  less,  $75;  500  am 
over,  $100.  The  President  of  each  local  union  shall  b 
the  custodian  of  the  bank  book;  he  shall  act  as  genera 
supervisor  over  all  deposits.  But  in  no  case  shall  union 
be  allowed  to  deposit  money  in  private  banks. 

Sec.  3.  All  amounts  of  money  received  by  local  unions 
over  the  amounts  described  in  the  previous  section,  sha' 
be  deposited  in  some  responsible  bank  or  invested  in  bond 
by  the  trustees,  • in  the  name  of  the  union  and  with  th 
consent  of  the  union.  The  sale  of  bonds  and  the  witl 
drawal  of  money  shall  always  be  at  the  discretion  of  Iocs 
unions. 

Sec.  4.  No  union  shall  be  permitted  to  expend  in  an 
fiscal  year  for  officers'  salaries,  committees'  expense,  ha 
rent,  meeting  room,  furnishings,  printing,  stationery,  posi 
age,  fuel  and  light,  picketing  strike  shops,  donations  t 
strikers  or  members  in  distress,  etc.,  more  than  the  fo 
lowing  percentages  of  its  gross  receipts:  Unions  numbe: 
ing  30  members  or  less,  50  per  cent;  from  30  to  50  men 
bers,  45  per  cent;"'* from  300  members  upwards,  40  per  cent 
from  500  members  upwards,  30  per  cent;  from  1,000  u] 
wards,  20  per  cent.  Should  the  union  expend  for  the  afor< 
named  purposes  less  than  the  herein  fixed  percentage,  the 
it  shall  have  the  privilege  to  spend  it  locally  for  the  a,( 
vancement  of  union  matters.  This  shall  in  nowise  be  coi 
strued  so  as  to  allow  local  unions  percentage  on  mone 
received  for  equalization  or  in  aid  of  strikes,  nor  shall  th 


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be  construed  so  as  to  include  local  assessment  or  local 
ines. 

Sec.  5.  No  local  union  shall  expend  any  money  ex- 
jept  for  the  benelits  provided  in  the  Constitution.  Local 
inions  permitting  such  illegal  expenditure  shall  be  subject 
:o  a fine  of  $25.  Defaulters  and  embezzlers  must  be  prose- 
iuted  criminally,  providing  it  is  visible  fraud,  such  as  false 
mtries  or  using  the  funds  of  the  union  for  private  pur- 
loses  or  otherwise;  but  in  no  case  shall  a member  be  con- 
sidered a defaulter  or  embezzler  when  it  can  be  proven  that 
t is  done  through  incompetency  or  errors;  and  embezzle- 
nents  due  to  the  carelessness  of  trustees  and  finance  com- 
nittees  shall  be  replaced  by  local  assessments  within  ninety 
lay  thereafter.  Any  union  violating  this  section  shall  be 
suspended. 

Sec.  6.  Unions  expending  more  than  the  percentage  pro- 
vided for  in  Section  4 must  replace  the  same  within  ninety 
lays  after  receiving  official  notice.  Failing  to  do  so,  they 
shall  be  suspended.  The  International  President  shall,  before 
;he  10th  day  of  June  of  each  year,  notify  local  unions  of 
;he  amount  of  deficiency  incurred  during  the  preceding  year. 

Sec.  7.  In  case  the  funds  of  any  local  union  become 
exhausted  by  legitimate  expenditure,  the  Executive  Board 
)f  the  International  Union,  upon  receipt  of  notice  thereof, 
shall  direct  other  unions  to  forward  to  the  aforesaid  union 
!such  amounts  as  may  be  deemed  necessary.  The  union 
vhose  funds  have  been  exhausted  shall  draw  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  in  Section  11,  upon  the  unions  that  are  to 
■orward  funds.  Should  the  funds  have  been  illegally  ex- 
>ended,  the  Executive  Board  shall  assess  the  members  of 
said  union  a sufficient  sum  to  make  up  the  amount  illegally 
expended. 

Sec.  8.  Any  union  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
>f  Section  7,  within  six  days  of  the  receipt  of  the  notice 
rom  the  Executive  Board,  shall  be  suspended. 

Sec.  9.  The  International  President  shall  prepare  and 
ffirnish  to  local  unions  treasurer  warrants  at  cost,  which 
hall  be  used  by  local  unions  for  all  items  of  expenditure, 
ncluding  benefits  paid.  The  treasurer  of  local  unions 
hall  keep  all  paid  warrants  on  file  for  inspection  of  the 
bcal  finance  committee  and  the  International  Financier, 


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or  such  other  commitees  as  may  be  authorized  to  examine 
the  accounts  of  the  union. 

Sec.  10.  The  International  President  shall  compile  an 
nually  the  monthly  reports,  the  rate  of  wages  paid,  as  re 
ported  by  local  unions,  equalize  the  funds  of  local  unions 
and  direct  such  unions  as  may  have  expended  less  thar 
their  pro  rata  amount  for  the  benefits  provided  by  the 
laws,  to  pay  to  those  unions  that  may  have  expended  ir 
excess  thereof,  such  amounts  as  they  in  virtue  of  sucl 
equalization  may  be  entitled  to;  and  any  union  failing  tc 
comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  contained  in  this  sec 
tion,  within  ten  days  from  date  of  said  notice,  shall  be 
suspended  from  the  International  Union. 

Sec.  11.  Local  unions  entitled  to  equalization  shal 
draw  upon  the  unions  ordered  to  remit  the  same,  by  draft 
payable  on  sight,  directly  to  the  bank  where  the  funds  oi 
the  union  are  deposited.  It  shall  be  illegal  to  remit  equal 
ization  in  any  other  manner.  In  places  where  drafts,  pay 
able  on  sight,  cannot  be  collected,  it  shall  be  the  duty  oi 
the  treasurer,  in  conjunction  and  in  the  presence  of  fcw( 
trustees  of  the  union,  to  remit  the  amount  by  money  or 
der,  payable  to  the  treasurer  and  one  trustee  of  the  unior 
entitled  to  the  equalization. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

Section  1.  The  International  Union  shall  raise  a sinking 
fund,  which  shall  consist  of  the  funds  of  local  unions,  anc 
shall  amount  to  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  member. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  the  sinking  fund  of  the  Internationa 
Union  shall  fall  below  the  sum  as  provided  in  Section  1 
the  Executive  Board  shall  levy  an  assessment  on  each  mem 
ber  to  replenish  the  same. 

ARTICLE  XVL 

Section  1.  The  Einancial  Secretary  of  each  union  shall 
within  ten  days  after  the  last  day  of  each  month,  forwarc 
to  the  International  President  a financial  statement,  a cop} 
of  which  shall  be  kept  on  file  by  local  unions,  the  receipt: 
(from  what  sources  received,  the  amounts  expended,  am 
for  what  purpose),  all  of  which  must  be  itemized,  th< 
number  of  members  at  the  commencement  of  the  month 
the  names  of  members  retired,  withdrawn,  suspended,  o 


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xpelled,  such  monthly  reports  to  be  certified  to  by  the 
nance  committee,  as  hereafter  provided.  And  any  Finan- 
ial  Secretary  forwarding  false  reports  shall  be  fined  $2 
or  each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  2.  Each  local  union  shall  elect  a finance  committee 
f three,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  examine  the  accounts  of 
tie  Financial  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  their  respective 
nions  at  the  end  of  every  month.  They  shall  also  ex- 
mine the  bank  books  and  bank  accounts,  and  count  all 
loneys  and  stamps  in  possession  of  the  Financial  Secre- 
ary  and  Treasurer,  and  report  their  findings  at  the  first 
egular  meeting  of  the  union  in  the  following  month,  and 
orward  a certified  statement  of  their  investigation  to  the 
Resident  of  the  International  Union  within  ten  days  from 
he  last  day  of  the  month  above  named,  in  accordance  with 
he  blanks  prepared  and  furnished  to  all  local  unions  by 
he  International  Union.  For  non-compliance  with  this  sec- 
ion  the  Finance  Committee  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
2 for  each  offense;  such  fines  to  be  collected  and  for- 
warded to  the  International  President  within  sixty  days 
fter  being  imposed,  under  penalty  of  suspension  of  the 
nion  for  failing  to  comply.  Local  unions  shall  be  provided 
with  two  of  the  blanks  herein  referred  to,  both  of  which 
hall  be  filled  out,  one  for  transmission  to  the  International 
Resident,  the  other  to  be  kept  on;  file  by  the  local  unions, 
ffie  chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  shall  be  responsible 
or  the  mailing  of  the  reports  to  the  International  Presi- 
[ent.  The  Financial  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  all  local 
mions  shall  give  adequate  surety  bond,  the  bond  to  be  filed 
with  the  International  President. 

Sec.  3.  The  Finance  Committee  shall  have  power  to  ex- 
mine the  accounts  of  the  different  officers  at  any  time 
hey  deem  it  necessary  to  do  so,  and  any  officer  or  m, ember 
efusing  to  deliver  to  such  Finance  Committee  any  books, 
>apers,  stamps  or  any  other  matter  necessary  for  such  ex- 
imination,  or  who  shall  in  any  manner  harass  the  Finance 
Committee  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  shall  be  fined 
iot  less  than  $25. 

Sec.  4.  The  statistician  of  each  local  union  shall,  within 
:ight  days  of  the  last  of  each  month,  forward  to  the  Inter- 
Lational  President  a report  of  the  state  of  trade,  prices 
>aid,  hours  of  labor,  system  of  working,  cost  of  living,  and 
ill  other  general  conditions  of  the  craft  in  his  locality;  prices 


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paid  not  for  publication.  The  statistician  shall  also  furnis 
any  local  union  so  desiring,  the  state  of  trade  and  prices  pai 
in  their  localities.  In  case  the  statistician  shall  fail  in  com 
plying  with  the  duties  as  set  forth  in  this  section,  he  sha'. 
be  liable  to  a fine  of  $2.00. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corresponding  Se< 
retary  of  each  local  union,  immediately  after  the  electio 
of  officers,  to  forward  to  the  International  President  th 
names  and  addresses  of  the  officers  upon  blanks  furnishe 
by  the  International  Union.  The  names  and  addresses  o 
the  Corresponding  and  Financial  Secretaries  to  be  publishe 
in  the  Official  Journal. 

Sec.  6.  Any  local  union  that  shall  suffer  any  of  th 
provisions  of  this  Article  to  be  neglected  or  violated,  afte 
due  notification,  shall  be  suspended  until  they  are  complie 
with. 

Sec.  7.  The  financial  accounts  of  the  various  local  union 
shall  be  examined  at  least  once  a year. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

Section  1.  Any  officer  or  member  of  any  local  union  o 
the  International  Union  who  shall  obtain  money  or  benefit 
under  false  pretenses,  or  who  shall  appropriate  any  mone 
belonging  to  the  union  to  his  own  use,  or  who  violate 
the  Constitution  of  the  union  he  serves,  shall  not  be  el 
gible  to  hold  any  office  of  any  local  union  or  the  Intel 
national  Union.  Should  such  officer  hold  office  in  the  Ii 
ternational  Union,  the  International  Executive  Board  sha 
have  the  power  to  discharge  said  officer  and  fill  the  vz 
cancy;  providing  such  officer  or  member  has  received  a 
impartial  trial.  Notice  of  all  defalcations  and  misappn 
priations  of  moneys  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Internationa 
President,  who  shall  publish  the  same  in  the  Official  Jou: 
nal.  Defaulters  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  any  bei 
efits  prescribed  in  this  Constitution  until  their  defalcs 
tions  have  been  paid  by  them. 

Sec.  2.  Any  member  in  good  standing  of  a local  unio 
affiliated  with  the  International  Union  of  America  sha 
have  the  privilege  to  appeal  against  the  decision,  first,  fro] 
the  local  President  to  the  local  union,  from  the  local  unio 
to  the  International  President,  from  the  International  Pre: 
ident  to  the  International  Executive  Board,  from  the  Inte: 


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;ional  Executive  Board  to  the  members  at  large,  the 
asion  of  the  members  to  be  final. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

Section  1.  Local  unions  shall  have  the  right  to  levy 
essments  and  suspend  members  if  the  same  be  not  paid  in 
i constitutional  time,  provided  said  assessments  be  not  in 
. of  an  unauthorized  strike;  but  this  shall  not  debar  local 
ons  from  levying  weekly  assessments  for  other  pur- 
les,  providing  a two-thirds  majority  of  those  voting  are 
favor  thereof.  Local  assessments  in  aid  of  a strike  in 
7 other  trade  shall  not  exceed  50  cents  weekly,  and  such 
essments  shall  not  be  levied  for  a longer  period  than 
m one  meeting  to  another. 

Sec.  2.  Local  unions  shall  have  the  right  to  impose 
3S  on  members  not  to  exceed  $50.00.  Fines  in  excess 
this  amount  must  be  submitted  to  the  International  Ex- 
itive  Board  for  approval.  But  no  union  shall  have  the 
ht  to  fine  or  expel  any  member  without  first  notifying 
1 granting  said  member  a trial.  Financial  Secretaries 
ill  report  all  fines  monthly  to  the  International  Presi- 
lt, the  International  President  to  transmit  this  informa- 
n to  the  affiliated  local  unions. 

Sec.  3.  Local  unions  shall  have  the  right  to  suspend 
mbers  for  non-payment  of  local  indebtedness,  and  hold 
veling  cards  until  such  indebtedness  has  been  paid. 

Sec.  4.  Members  having  been  fined  by  local  unions 
ill  pay  such  fines  on  the  following  basis:  $10  or  less, 
per  cent  of  weekly  wages  and  benefits  paid  by  union; 
amounts  more  than  $50,  20  per  cent. 

Sec.  5.  Any  member  of  any  local  union  who  shall  have 
m fined  or  expelled  by  his  respective  union,  failing  to 
peal  before  the  expiration  of  three  months,  shall  forfeit 
5 right  to  appeal.  On  questions  of  appeal,  members  shall 
compelled  to  explain  their  grievances  to  the  local  union 
which  they  are  members,  who  shall  investigate  the  same, 
i if  the  decision  of  said  local  union  is  unsatisfactory  to 
ih  member  or  members,  then  appeal  can  be  made  to  the 
;ernational  President. 

Sec.  6.  Fines  which  have  been  imposed  by  any  local 
ion  which  has  subsequently  ceased  to  exist,  may  be  re- 


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duced  or  remitted  by  the  International  Executive  Board, 
the  best  interest  of  the  International  Union  may  be  serv( 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

Section  1.  When  a local  union  shall  decide  to  close  a] 
shop  to  the  members  of  the  International  Union,  thr 
officers,  said  officers  to  be  represented  by  the  differe 
local  unions,  shall  furnish  a full  statement  of  the  fac 
to  the  International  President,  who  shall  furnish  a co] 
of  the  same  to  the  International  Executive  Board,  w 
shall  have  power  to  approve,  reject  or  modify  the  ten 
of  the  closing  of  said  shop.  No  shop  shall  be  closed  u 
less  two-thirds  of  the  membership  of  the  International  E 
ecutive  Board  vote  in  favor  of  the  closure. 

Sec.  2.  All  propositions  submitted  by  the  Internation 
President  to  a vote  of  the  local  unions  must  be  return 
within  thirty  days  from  the  time  such  propositions  a 
mailed;  propositions  must  be  submitted  by  registered  lett< 

ARTICLE  XX. 

Section  1.  The  title  of  the  Official  Journal  of  the  I 
ternational  Union  shall  be,  Piano,  Organ  and  Musical  I 
strument  Workers ’ Official  Journal.  It  shall  be  edited 
conformity  with  the  principles  and  resolutions  of  the  I 
ternational  Union. 

Sec.  2.  The  subscription  price  of  the  Official  Journ; 
exclusive  of  members  of  the  International  Union,  shall 
$1  a year,  and  the  advertising  rates  shall  be  regulated  1 
the  Executive  Board. 

Sec.  3.  Members  feeling  themselves  aggrieved  by  a ] 
fusal  of  the  editor  to  publish  their  communications  sin 
have  the  right  to  appeal  to  the  International  Executr 
Board,  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 

Sec.  4.  The  Journal  shall  contain  each  issue  one  pa 
of  German;  every  alternate  issue,  in  addition  to  the  Germa 
one  page  of  Italian,  Swedish  and  Polish. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

Section  1.  All  persons  desiring  to  become  members 
this  organization  must  be  not  less  than  18  years  of  a. 
and  have  served  at  least  three  years  at  the  piano,  organ 


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asical  instrument  industry.  The  secretary  of  the  shop 
all  keep  a complete  list  of  all  apprentices  serving  under 
3 jurisdiction.  But  this  shall  not  be  so  construed  so  as 
prohibit  the  acceptance  of  any  competent  mechanics  for- 
3rly  employed  in  an  allied  industry,  the  members  employed 
the  department  where  the  candidate  secures  work  to  be 
e judges  of  his  competency. 

Sec.  2.  In  case  an  apprentice  quits  or  is  discharged 
om  a shop,  the  union  shall  give  him  a card  or  certificate, 
th  the  seal  of  the  union  attached,  showing  the  time  said 
•prentice  has  served  under  their  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  3.  Local  unions  shall  have  power  to  stipulate  the 
imber  of  apprentices  under  their  respective  jurisdictions. 
)cal  unions  shall  submit  their  apprentice  laws,  for  ap- 
oval,  by  the  International  Executive  Board. 

Sec.  4.  Manufacturers  who  do  not  employ  at  least  one 
urneyman  for  his  full  time  shall  not  be  allowed  an  ap- 
entice. 

Sec.  5.  All  local  unions  adopting  apprentice  laws  shall 
) required  to  file  a copy  of  such  law  with  the  Interna- 
Dnal  President,  signed  by  three  officers  of  the  local  union. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 

Section  1.  Amendments  to  this  constitution  may  be 
ade  at  the  regular  or  special  convention  of  the  Piano, 
*gan  and  Musical  Instrument  Workers’  International 
nion  of  America,  a majority  vote  of  all  delegates  present 
ling  required  for  the  adoption  of  any  amendment;  all 
nendments  adopted  by  the  convention  shall  be  submitted 
a popular  vote.  This,  however,  shall  not  debar  local 
tions  from  submitting  amendments  to  the  constitution, 
mendments  submitted  by  any  local  union  and  seconded 
r one-third  of  all  the  local  unions  of  the  International 
nion  shall  be  published  in  the  Official  Journal  for  at  least 
70  issues,  when  the  same  shall  be  submitted  to  a refer- 
idum  vote  of  the  members,  and  if  adopted  by  a majority 
•te  shall  become  law. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

Section  1.  The  first  Monday  of  September  of  each  year 
hereby  set  apart  as  a national  holiday  for  members  of 
e Piano,  Organ  and  Musical  Instrument  Workers’  Interna- 


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tional  Union  of  America,  and  local  unions  shall  observe  th; 
day. 

Sec.  2.  Members  of  local  unions  working  on  that  ds 
shall  be  fined  two  dollars. 

ARTICLE  XXIY. 

Section  1.  The  International  Executive  Board  shall  sele< 
yearly  three  local  unions,  who  shall  each  elect  one  memb< 
on  the  Finance  Committee,  but  at  no  time  shall  the  san 
locals  be  selected  for  the  second  time  until  all  locals  ha's 
elected  members  on  the  committee.  It  shall  be  the  duty  ( 
this  committee  to  examine  the  financial  accounts  of  the  Inte 
national  President  for  the  term  ending  May  of  each  yea 
No  member  of  the  International  Union  shall  be  elected  c 
the  above  committee  more  than  once.  The  committee  sha 
publish  a report  of  their  examination  in  the  Official  Journs 
Each  member  of  the  committee  shall  receive  five  dollars  p< 
day  and  railroad  fare  to  and  from  the  seat  of  the  Intern; 
tional  Union. 


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INITIATION  CEREMONY. 


President — “ Secretary  will  read  the  applications  for 
lembership.  ’ y 

Application  being  read. 

President — “Are  there  any  objections  to  any  of  the  ap- 
plicants?” 

If  no  objections  appear,  the  President  will  then  address 
he  Conductor  as  follows: 

President — “Conductor,  you  will  retire  to  the  anteroom 
md  ascertain  if  the  candidates  are  in  waiting,  and,  if  they 
>re,  make  such  collections  as  are  necessary  and  report.” 

Conductor,  returning  to  hall,  will  say: 

“Bro.  President,  the  following  candidates  [names]  are  in 
waiting,  having  made  all  necessary  payments.” 

President — “Bro.  Conductor,  you  will  retire  to  the  ante- 
oom  and  usher  in  the  candidates  for  initiation.” 

Upon  the  Conductor  entering  with  the  candidates,  the 
Resident  will  give  three  raps  of  the  gavel,  bringing  the 
lembers  to  their  feet,  who  are  to  remain  standing  until  the 
Resident  seats  the  meeting  by  one  rap  of  the  gavel. 

The  Conductor  will  bring  the  candidates  before  the  pedes- 
al  of  the  President. 

President — “Friends,  you  are  obliged  to  make  a pledge, 
ne  that,  I can  assure  you,  will  not  come  in  conflict  with  your 
loral,  political  or  religious  principles.  Are  you  ready  and 
dlling  to  proceed  with  the  same?” 

Candidates  answer  yes  or  no.  Having  answered  yes, 
he  President  will  say: 

“You  will  please  raise  your  right  hand  and  repeat  after 
le: 

“I  (name  of  candidate)  do  solemnly  promise  on  my  honor 
lat  I will  not  divulge  the  proceedings  of  this  or  any  sister 
nion,  and  that  I will  support  the  laws  and  constitution  with 
11  the  power  at  my  command,  and  that  I will  not  conspire 
gainst  the  union  or  any  member  of  it,  and  should  I ever 
iolate  this,  my  solemn  pledge,  then  I desire  to  be  punished 
3 severely  as  the  union  may  direct. 

“May  all  present  bear  witness  to  this,  my  solemn  obliga- 
on.  ” 

The  members — “We  bear  witness.” 

(President  will  give  one  rap  of  the  gavel,  seating  the 
embers.) 


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ORDER  OF  BUSINESS— BIENNIAL 
CONVENTIONS. 

1.  The  appointed  hour  having  arrived,  the  President,  o 
next  officer  in  authority,  shall  call  the  convention  to  order. 

2.  The  appointment  of  a committee  of  three  on  creden 
tials. 

3.  Report  of  Committee  on  Credentials. 

4.  Appointment  of  committee  of  five  on  rules. 

5.  Roll  call  of  officers  and  delegates. 

6.  Reading  of  minutes. 

7.  Reading  of  communications. 

8.  Appointment  of  committee  of  seven  on  financial  sys 

tern. 

9.  Appointment  of  committee  of  five  on  resolutions. 

10.  Appointment  of  committee  of  five  on  organization. 

11.  Appointment  of  committee  of  five  on  label  agitatioE 

12.  Appointment  of  committee  of  five  on  ways  and  means 

13.  Election  of  committee  of  five  on  officers ’ reports. 

14.  Election  or  appointment  of  special  committees. 

15.  Reports  of  officers,  commencing  with  President. 

16.  Reports  of  committees  in  order  named,  standing  o 
special. 

17.  Consideration  of  constitution. 

18.  Election  of  officers. 

19.  Election  of  delegates  to  the  American  Federation  o 
Labor. 

20.  Good  and  welfare. 

21.  Deciding  place  for  holding  the  next  convention. 

22.  Adjournment. 

Note. — Minutes  of  each  day’s  session  to  be  presented  i: 
printed  form  from  day  to  day.  All  questions  not  provided  fo 
by  these  laws  shall  be  decided  according  to  Cushing’s  Manua: 


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INDEX 

Assessments  and  Fines. 

Power  to  levy — Article  XVIII.,  Sections  1 and  2. 
Pines,  how  paid — Article  XVIII.,  Section  4. 

Pines,  how  remitted — Article  XVIII.,  Section  6. 

Apprentices. 

Age  and  time  of  service — Article  XXI.,  Section  1. 
Begulations  of — Article  XXI.,  Sections  2,  3,  4 and  5. 

Benefits — Death. 

Amount  and  to  whom  paid — Article  X.,  Section  1. 
Under  what  condition — Article  X.,  Section  2. 

Death  of  member’s  wife — Article  X.,  Section  3. 


Benefits — Sick. 


Members  entitled  to — Article  IX.,  Section  1. 
Amount  of — Article  IX.,  Section  1. 

Number  of  T^eeks — Article  IX.,  Section  1. 
Beginning  of — Article  IX.,  Sections  1,  4. 
Beginning  of  sickness — Article  IX.,  Section  2. 
Certificate — Article  IX.,  Section  1. 

Traveling  members— Article  IX.,  Section  6. 
Penalty  for  fraud — Article  IX.,  Section  8. 

Benefits — Strike. 

Entitled  to — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 

Amount  of — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 

Beginning  of — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 
period  of — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 
Discontinuation  of — Article  VI.,  Section  15. 


Benefit — Out  of  Work. 

Exemption  from  dues  and  assessments — Article  V.,  Sec- 
tion 4. 

Closing  of  Shops. 

How  to  proceed — Article  XIX.,  Section  1. 


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Conventions. 

Formation  of — Article  I.,  Section  1. 

When  held — Article  I.,  Section  2. 

Basis  of  representation — Article  I.,  Section  4. 

Clerk  of — Article  II.,  Section  3. 

Proceedings  of — Article  II.,  Section  3. 

Votes  of  Delegates — Article  I.,  Section  5. 

Allowance  to  Delegates — Article  I.,  Section  6. 

Eligibility  of  Delegates — Article  I.,  Section  7, 

Election  of  Delegates — Article  I.,  Sections  8,  9. 

Constitution. 

Languages  of — Article  V.,  Section  6. 

Distribution  of — Article  V.,  Section  6. 

Amendments  to — Article  XXII.,  Section  1. 

Charters. 

How  granted — Article  XII.,  Section  1. 

Financiers — International. 

Appointment  of — Article  II.,  Section  9. 

Duty  of — Article  II.,  Section  9. 

First  Vice-President. 

Salary  of — Article  II.,  Section  11. 

Financial  Year. 

Beginning  and  ending — Article  III.,  Section  3. 

Financial  Secretaries. 

Duties  of — Article  XVI.,  Section  1;  Article  V.,  Section  9. 
Duties  in  strikes — Article  VI.,  Section  14. 

Funds — International. 

Consist  of — Article  XIV.,  Section  1. 

How  deposited — Article  XIV.,  Section  2,  3. 

Care  of  bank  book — Article  XIV.,  Section  1. 

Allowance  to  Locals — Article  XIV.,  Sections  4,  5. 

Penalty  for  violations — Article  XIV.,  Section  5. 

Defaulters  and  embezzlers — Article  XVII.,  Section  1;  Article 
XIV.,  Section  5. 


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Excess  expenditures — Article  XIV.,  Section  6. 

Exhaustion  of  funds  of  Locals — Article  XIV.,  Section  7. 
Equalization  of  funds — Article  XIV.,  Sections  10,  11. 

Sinking  fund — Article  XV.,  Sections  1,  2. 

Examination  of  accounts  of  unions — Article  XVI.,  Section  7. 

International  Office  Expense. 

How  provided  for — Article  III.,  Section  1. 

How  examined — Article  XXIV.,  Section  1. 

International  Executive  Board. 

How  formed — Article  II.,  Section  1. 

Dower  of — Article  II.,  Section  7. 

Duty  of — Article  II.,  Section  7. 

Duty  in  strikes — Article  VI.,  Sections  3-18. 

Power  in  strikes — Article  VI.,  Section  24. 

Power  to  grant  charters — Article  XII.,  Section  1. 

Local  Unions. 

3ower  to  grant  cards — Article  II.,  Setcion  4. 

Punds  subject  to  call — Article  III.,  Section  2. 

5ower  to  admit  members — Article  IV.,  Section  1. 

T'ote  on  difficulties — Article  VI.,  Section  12. 

failure  to  forward  assistance — Article  VI.,  Section  13. 

low  to  forward  assistance — Article  VI.,  Section  14. 

<unds  of  local  unions — Article  XIV.,  Section  7. 
failure  to  forward  money — Article  XIV.,  Section  8. 
Reference  sick  committees — Article  IX.,  Section  3. 
Assessments — the  right  to  levy — Article  XVIII.,  Section  1. 
Hnes — the  right  to  impose — Article  XVIII.,  Section  2. 

}ower  to  suspend — Article  XVIII.,  Section  3. 

Vwer  during  strikes — Articles  VI.,  Section  20. 

Lockouts. 

Application  to  resist — Article  VI.,  Section  3. 
benefits  begin — Article  VI.,  Section  2. 
amount  of  benefits — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 

’eriod  of  benefits — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 
low  created — Article  VI.,  Section  17. 


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Local  Executive  Boards. 


How  formed — Article  XIII.,  Section  1. 

In  cities  of  two  or  more  unions — Article  VI.,  Section  10. 
Powers  of — Article  XIII.,  Section  2. 

Duties  of — Article  VI.,  Section  11. 

Duties  in  case  of  sickness — Article  IX.,  Section  4. 

Local  Treasurer. 

Duty  of — Article  XIV.,  Section  9. 

Local  Finance  Committee. 

Duty  of — Article  XVI.,  Section  1. 

Penalty  for  non-compliance — Article  XVI.,  Section  2. 

Powers  of — Article  X.,  Section  3. 

Labels. 

By  whom  issued — Article  XT.,  Section  1. 

To  whom  issued — Article  XI.,  Sections  1,  2. 

Penalties  to  properly  guard — Article  XI.,  Section  3. 

Rules  for  use  of — Article  XI.,  Sections  4,  5,  6,  7. 
Registration  of — Article  XI.,  Section  8. 

Agitation,  assessment  for — Article  XI.,  Section  9. 

Local  Officers. 

Notification  of  election  of — Article  XVI.,  Section  5. 
Penalty  for  failure — Article  XVI.,  Section  6. 

Publication  of  Secretaries — Article  XVI.,  Section  6. 

Labor  Day. 

Observance  of — Article  XXIII.,  Sections  1,  2. 

Members — Death. 

Funeral  of — Article  X.,  Section  1. 

Membership. 

Eligibility  to — Article  IV.,  Section  1. 

How  elected  to — Article  IV.,  Section  3. 

Classification  of — Article  IV.,  Section  3. 

Initiation  fee — Article  V.,  Section  5;  Article  IV.,  Se<^ 
tions  3-5. 


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Foreign  relation — Article  IV.,  Section  3. 
Application,  copy  of — Article  IV.,  Section  4. 

Dues  of — Article  V.,  Sections  1-5. 

Suspension — Article  V.,  Section  4. 
rraveling — Article  VII.,  Section  3. 

Addresses  of — Article  IX.,  Section  3. 

Officers — International. 

/ 

Consist  of — Article  I.,  Section  1. 

Eligibility  to — Article  I.,  Section  1. 

EIow  distributed- — Article  I.,  Section  1. 

Election  of — Article  I.,  Section  2. 

Vacancy,  how  filled — Article  II.,  Section  6. 
rerm  of — Article  II.,  Section  10. 

Salary  of — Article  II.,  Sections  10,  11. 
[mpeachment  of — Article  II.,  Section  13. 

Official  Journal. 

ritle  of — Article  XX.,  Section  1. 

Editor  of — Article  II.,  Section  3. 

Subscription  to — Article  XX.,  Section  2. 

Grievance  against  editor — Article  XX.,  Section  3. 
Languages  used — Article  XX.,  Section  4. 

Organization. 

Name  of — Article  I.,  Section  1. 

Organizers. 

Duty  of — Article  II.,  Section  8. 

Appointment  of — Article  II.,  Section  8. 

Retiring  Cards. 

When  entitled  to — Article  V.,  Section  7. 

Value  of — Article  V.,  Section  7. 

Compelled  to  draw — Article  IV.,  Section  1. 
Exempt  from  drawing — Article  V.,  Section  8, 

Right  of  Appeal. 

Method  of — Article  XVII.,  Section  2. 

Expiration  of — Article  XVTIT.,  Section  5. 


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Shop  Delegates. 

How  and  by  whom  elected — Article  VII.,  Section  1. 

Duties  of — Article  VII.,  Sections  1,  2;  Article  VIII.,  Se< 
tion  1. 

Duties  reference  labels — Article  XI.,  Section  3. 

Statistician. 

Duties  of — Article  XVI.,  Section  4. 

Suspended  Locals. 

Duties  of — Article  XII.,  Section  2. 

Strikes. 

Application  to — Article  VI.,  Sections  3,  5,  6,  7. 

Further  procedure — Article  VI.,  Sections  8,  9,  17,  18. 
President's  duty — Article  VI.  Sections  1,  4,  7. 

Powers  of  joint  Executive  Boards — Article  VI.,  Section  11. 
Vote  of  Local  Unions  on — Article  VI.,  Section  12. 

Powers  of  International  Executive  Board — Article  VI.,  Sec 
tions,  18,  19. 

May  reject  cards  during — Article  VI.,  Section  20. 
International  agent — Article  VI.,  Sections  21,  22,  23,  24,  2S 

Sick  Committee. 

Duty  of — Article  IX.,  Section  3. 

By  whom  appointed — Article  IX.,  Section  3. 

Must  report  to — Article  IX.,  Section  4. 

Penalty  for  refusal  to  serve — Article  IX.,  Section  3. 

If  refused  admittance — Article  IX.,  Section  5. 

Traveling  and  Transfer  Cards. 

Shall  contain — Article  VII.,  Section  6. 

Reference  dues — Article  V.,  Sections  2,  3. 

Must  be  drawn — Article  VII.,  Section  4. 

By  whom  furnished — Article  VII.,  Section  5. 

Victimization  Benefit. 

When  entitled — Article  VI.,  Sections  1-26. 

Mode  of  procedure — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 

Amount  of  benefit — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 

Application  for — Article  VI.,  Section  1. 


